What's your "old reliable" and why?

[Solo1]

My old reliable is my ghost in 177 since i got it and got it set up to shoot 13 gr i havent had any problems and my ft scores are higher than ever! Love the

 

[Florida_Man]

PP700SA is a workhorse tank that has never let me down. It is always ready to defend the bird feeder with a headshot

 

[Farmplinker2]

My 362 is becoming my old reliable.

 

[Franklink]

To elaborate a bit more ...."reliable" to me means that it'll hit what I want to hit, when I want to hit it. No cold shots necessary, no sighters required. It simply puts em where the crosshairs are.

This is 5 shots @ 30 yards from stool and shooting sticks from the gun in the original post.

And yes, it's an exceptional group. Gun can probably always do it, operater can't.

The hole made by five pellets is still tight enough to support one of the same .20/13.73 that made it.

 

[Ezana4CE]

The original Benjamin Bulldog .357. I haven’t had any major parts failures that I can recall. There’s no regulator to worry about maintaining. It’s easy to work on and install upgraded parts to enhance or increase performance. Shoots pellets, slugs and airbolts and is capable of taking a wide variety of animals all from a 3000 psi fill pressure. She’s a breeze to shoot within 50 yards. She’s capable of shooting but suffers significant bullet drop at further distances. She can literally stack 81 grain .35 Diabolo pellets within 50 yards.

 

[Starling Stalker]

My p-rod. It always works and hits exactly where I want it out to 40 yards. Have had this for 6 years now and never an issue.

 

[Franklink]

Shot this gun quite a bit this weekend....

Scored a 35/40 on the silhouette match on Friday evening. Out to 80 yards and 19fpe is tough when the winds blowing the way it was. I've scored perfect 40/40s with this gun before but not in that kind of wind. The 35 was a three way tie so we set up 5 chickens for each of us at 80yards. I got 3/5 and the other two got 2/5 and that clinched 1st for me. The silhouette sets are 1/5th rimfire I believe, so the chickens are about the size of a 50cent piece (not big).

Shot the .20 Vet again on Saturday and missed two targets, making it a 46/48 score in the official field target match. Shot through again afterwards, just for fun, and shot another 46/48, missing two different targets than I missed the first time.

Sweet little gun. Always dependable to be VERY accurate.

 

[Florida_Man]

I brought my PP700SA out of mothballs about 3 weeks ago now. I put the 22 barrel back in. It picked up where it left off and has taken out around a dozen pests.

 

[Pumacarl]

Any of my gun's may not start out as an "old-reliable" but they all end up that way. It's my version of this hobby, I work on them until they no longer need work to shoot reliably accurate. That is half of the fun for me.

 

[Nealgl1985]

Definitely my 1st gen lelya .20. It still has all the original orings with the exception of a probe oring that was replaced.

 

[Franklink]

Definitely my 1st gen lelya .20. It still has all the original orings with the exception of a probe oring that was replaced. View attachment 7971

I almost bought one of those in .20. The slide breech is a cool and unique feature.

 

[Ezana4CE]

Definitely my 1st gen lelya .20. It still has all the original orings with the exception of a probe oring that was replaced. View attachment 7971

@Nealgl1985 Which base is beneath that optic? Is it simply an adjustable base or is the ring a part of it?

 

[Nealgl1985]

That's the factory base and mount. It is an adjustment moa base.

 

[Ezana4CE]

That's the factory base and mount. It is an adjustment moa base.

@Nealgl1985 Which optic is that? It looks like a prismatic scope.

 

[Nealgl1985]

Immersive optics 10x. If you can get over your eye being real close to the scope it's nice.

 

[Nealgl1985]

I almost bought one of those in .20. The slide breech is a cool and unique feature.

I don't know if I won the barrel lottery or if all of them shoot the same, but she hits what she's aiming at. I recently pulled it out of my backpack it has sat in since last October and it was still holding air and drilling chipmunks without issue. Now my gk1 is stealing the compact spotlight but lelya is a true performer.